of Worlds Divinity The book also discusses super-organism, language, properties of the mind, and individual consciousness. His review of literature identifies some 32 senses, as noted online. In it he quotes a Serbian proverb which is seen as part of the heritage of the idea put forth as We are made of star stuff: "Be humble for you are made of dung. Be noble for you are made of stars." Passages from The Seven Mysteries of Life appeared in Baháʼí News as well as other periodicals like the Old Farmer's Almanac. It was Murchie's most Baháʼí book, not merely for mentioning the religion a number of times, but for discussing Baháʼí principles in somewhat disguised detail, advocating notions of personal immortality, and portraying the present life as a "soul school" that prepares humans for the afterlife. Furthermore, Murchie maintains that many of the boundaries in normal science are arbitrary; between planet and moon, between plant and animal and between life and non-life. He often makes it very clear when his examples are based on empirically verified science, and when they are not. Verifiable sources and references are frequently mentioned, making this (arguably) an effort of journalistic objectivity, despite its overtly philosophical, religious and poetic content and style. The subjects covered, however, are often exotic and unusual. While deeply concerned with religious philosophy, The Seven Mysteries of Life was a finalist for the 1982 National Book Award for science (paperback). In hindsight, many of the "fringe" or discontinued areas of research that the book covers have recently been verified (or rediscovered) by modern experiments. Examples include the highly refined communication method seen in the waggle dance of honey bees, the regeneration and immortality properties of the tiny Hydra (genus), and the existence of Quasi-crystals (supramolecular). Other examples, on the other hand, remain a scientific dead-end; the existence of interstellar ambiplasma, the possibly fairly recent (<10 000 years) extinction of the woolly mammoth and the so-called science of cymatics. The visionary architect Buckminster Fuller is quoted as saying The Seven Mysteries of Life contains "... all the most important information about everything humanity needs to know …". Journalist A newspaper story of Murchie's was published in the Winnipeg Tribune in 1934, and a piece in New Zealand in 1935, but his steady job was at the Chicago Tribune. Some 37 news stories were then printed in the Chicago Tribune under his name.